DR Michael Mosley's body was finally spotted five days after he disappeared because of a glint from his watch, a witness claims. The health guru, 67, was tragically just a 90-second walk from the safety of a beach resort bar on the Greek island of Symi when he collapsed. Dr Mosley's wife Clare Bailey raised the alarm on Wednesday evening after her husband failed to return back to their holiday home.
Described as "adventurous" by his partner, Dr Mosley has decided to walk back to their accommodation after visiting St Nikolas beach with two friends. But what should have been a 20-minute walk turned into a tragedy as Dr Mosley's body was eventually found more than two miles from his intended destination. According to a witness, Dr Mosley was found on Sunday morning after someone noticed a shine from his watch.
Mayor Eleftherios Papakaloudoukas was accompanying a TV crew on a boat when they spotted "something black" near a fence at Agia Marina. A journalist on the boat said the shine from Dr Mosley's watch was also noticed on a camera as they zoomed in. Bar manager Ilias Tsavaris was asked to go and look - and said he also immediately saw the "glint from a watch".
Questions remain over how Dr Mosley ended up on the mountainous route. There are theories Dr Mosley was either trying to get to the resort just 100 yards away or had been heading to the sea hoping to cool off in 37C temperatures. It is thought he could have then collapsed or slipped and banged his head.
Mayor Papakaloud.
